Open Heaven 12 October 2023: The Way Where There is No Way
MEMORISE: And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:6
BIBLE READING: EXODUS 14:9-31 (KJV)
25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
30 Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
31 And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.
Read Yesterday’s Open Heaven Devotional here
Jesus is the Way where there is no way. John 11:39-44 tells us the story of Lazarus. He died and had been buried for 4 days.
When Jesus and His disciples got to the tomb and He asked that the stone be rolled away, Lazarus’ sister said to Jesus that it was too late already.
She was confident that if Jesus had come before her brother died, Jesus would have healed him.
Her statement also implies that she felt that if Jesus had arrived when he had just died like in the case of Jairus’ daughter, or just before he was buried like in the case of the widow of Nain’s son, Jesus would have been able to raise Lazarus from the dead, but since he was already dead and buried for 4 days; there was no way out.
Jesus Christ, the Way where there is no way, however, simply asked that the stone be rolled away and then called Lazarus out of the tomb.
There was one of my sons whose country I was visiting. I had expected to see him at the airport, but he wasn’t there.
I asked after him and was told that he was in the hospital dying.
I went to see him in the hospital and was taken to a special ward where hopeless cases – people who the doctors were sure would soon die, were kept.
I prayed for him that Saturday and by the following Wednesday, my son was discharged, completely whole.
Beyond his healing, however, everyone in that ward with him also got discharged that day.
There comes a time when a person could look at all the options in front of him, and none of them would look like a way out of his problem.
At that time, the only One who can make a way where there is none is Jesus.
When the Israelites were between the Red Sea and the Egyptian army, humanly speaking, there was no right decision to take.
They would die if they turned to fight the Egyptians because the Israelites had no military training or weapons.
The Red Sea was in front of them, so there was no question of moving forward.
It was clear that their fate was in the hands of Pharaoh, but that was before The Way stepped in.
The moment Moses cried to God about their situation, a way was created where there had been none and the Egyptians were destroyed in their stead.
Surrender all to Jesus today and call upon Him to make a Way for you where there is no way, and He will answer You.
ACTION POINT: Father, please make a way for me, even where there is no way, in Jesus’ name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: MATTHEW 27-28
Thank you for studying today’s Open Heaven – The Way Where There is No Way – written by Pastor Enoch Adeboye
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Open Heaven 12 October 2023
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